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Thurau
Thurau is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Björn Thurau Björn Thurau (born 23 July 1988) is a German former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2019. He is the son of former cyclist Dietrich Thurau. After retiring, Thurau was a presenter for Global Cycling N ... (born 1988), German road racing cyclist * Dietrich Thurau (born 1954), German road racing cyclist * Friedrich Thurau (1843–1913), German entomologist {{surname German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dietrich Thurau
Dietrich ("Didi") Thurau (; born 9 November 1954 in Frankfurt) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. His biggest career achievements include winning the one-day classic, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, his home country's Deutschland Tour and surprising the field at the 1977 Tour de France by capturing four stages and holding the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification from the prologue for 15 days. Thurau did win the young rider classification although he lost the overall lead to eventual winner Bernard Thévenet. Thurau was German pursuit champion three times and won 29 six-day races. He is the father of former professional cyclist Björn Thurau. In 1989, he revealed he had doped throughout his career. Career He won the German National Road Race in 1975 and 1976. After his victory in the points classification in the Vuelta a España and a fourth place in the general classification in the Vuelta a España in 1976, Thurau was seen as a talented rider, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Thurau
Björn Thurau (born 23 July 1988) is a German former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2019. He is the son of former cyclist Dietrich Thurau. After retiring, Thurau was a presenter for Global Cycling Network's German-language YouTube channel. He left in February 2021. In September 2021 he was banned from cycling for doping offences, and his results dating back to December 2010 were stripped. Major results ;2006 :1st Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland ;2009 :4th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt :7th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich ;2011 :9th Overall Paris–Corrèze :10th Overall Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour ;2012 :4th Overall Mi-Août Bretonne :6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen ;2013 :1st Mountains classification Tour de Luxembourg :10th Coppa Ugo Agostoni ;2014 :1st Mountains classification Tour de Suisse ;2017 :3rd Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Thurau
Friedrich Thurau (1843–1913) was a German entomologist. He specialised in butterflies. His collection of Palearctic lepidoptera is in Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Works partial list *''Colias nastes ''Colias nastes'', the Labrador sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. In Europe, it is found in the north of Norway and Sweden and on rare occasions in northern Finland. It is also found in North America, specifically in Alaska, Canada, ...'' Bsd. var. ''werdandi'' Zett. und ihre Aberratione. ''Berl. ent. Z.'' 48, pp. 13-116*Neue Rhopaloceren aus Ost Afrika. Ergebnisse der Nyassa-See-un Kenya-Gebirgs-Expedition der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann-Wentzel-Stiftung ''Berl. ent. Z''. 48 : 117-143 (1903). *Neue Lepidopteren aus Ost- und Central-Afrika, im Königl. zoologischen Museum zu ''Berlin Berl. ent. Z.'' 48 : 301-314 (1903) ''Berl. ent. Z.'' online References * Groll, E. K. (Hrsg.): Biografien der Entomologen der Welt : Datenbank. Version 4.15 : Senckenberg Deu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Surname
Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the " Western order" of "given name, surname", unless it occurs in an alphabetized list of surnames, e.g. " Bach, Johann Sebastian". In this, the German conventions parallel the naming conventions in most of Western and Central Europe, including English, Dutch, Italian, and French. There are some vestiges of a patronymic system as they survive in parts of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, but these do not form part of the official name. Women traditionally adopted their husband's name upon marriage and would occasionally retain their maiden name by hyphenation, in a so-called '' Doppelname'', e.g. "Else Lasker-Schüler". Recent legislation motivated by gender equality now allows a married couple to choose the surname they want to use, including an option ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
